diary of a wannabe writer

Kim and her mom arrived in NY in search of a better life, with the help of her mom's older sister. She got them an unlivable apartment, without heating in cold NY winters, with broken windows and no furniture. She made them both work at a sweatshop for very, very little money and then she took most of it. Kim had to go to school in a new country, barely knowing the language and not knowing the culture. She stuck out and the school that she once loved, because very hard. It was hard to make friends when you could never invite anyone back home, or spend all of your afternoons and evenings working. But she didn't give up, she continued to try and learn and soon got a spot in a prestigious private school. It didn't get much easier for her, especially when you top the struggle with teenage angst and problems, but she never gave up. I loved the first half of the book. It's a very beautiful, realistically written story of the struggle of growing up not knowing the culture, no

This one is a bit different but in a good way. Charlie wants to say I Love You to Nick, but can't seem to find a good moment. Meanwhile, his mental health keeps getting worse, to the point that he needs more help than he can get at home.  Nick is consumed with worry. He worries about coming out to his dad, but mostly he worries about Charlie.  He sees him getting worse and worse, to the point that he doesn't spend much time at school.  They both have to come to terms that they can't be everything for each other and find a balance between love and everything else.  rating❤❤❤ ❤ ❤ cover ❤❤❤❤❤ artwork❤❤❤❤❤ Goodreads || Amazon happy reading, anie

It's the summertime. Charlie and Nick, along with their friends from their school and the girl's school across the street travel to Paris.  They explore the city together while navigating how to be a couple along the friend group. Meanwhile, we see more about Tara and Darcy's story and see Tao and Elle falling for each other.  It's so cute! :) rating❤❤❤ ❤ ❤ cover ❤❤❤ ❤ ❤ artwork ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ Goodreads || Amazon happy reading, anie

Charlie and Nick continue to fall deeper and deeper in love in the second book of the Heartstopper series. The book is cuteness overload.  Charlie has known that he is gay for a long time, but for Nick, all of this is very new. He is not ready to tell anyone just yet, so they keep their relationship a secret. At least for a while.  But they are not as subtle as they seem. :) The story is adorable and relatable and it just makes you want to read more. The writing is good and the artwork is seriously adorable. :) rating❤❤❤ ❤ ❤ cover ❤❤❤ ❤ ❤ artwork ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ Goodreads || Amazon happy reading, anie

Charlie is an openly gay student in year 10 at Truham Grammar School for Boys. Since coming out the year before, he faced a lot of bullying, but it has gotten better since then. Now he is seated next to Nick, who is a year 11. Nick is on a school rugby team. He heard about Charlie, but they never talked. They start talking each time they have class together and never really stop. They get closer when Charlie joins the rugby team. They soon became good friends, always hanging out even after school, and Charlie finds himself falling from Nick. But Nick is straight. Only lately he catches him looking and he seems to always find a way to touch him. It's the cutest, most wholesome start of a romance. I loved reading every page of it! The slowly developing romance between Charlie and Nick it's just the most romantic thing. :) And the artwork is pretty too! <3 rating❤❤❤ ❤ ❤ cover ❤❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ artwork ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ Goodreads || Amazon happy reading, anie

This is just the cutest story! It's the end of the high school. For Jess that means working, trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life and hanging with her brother, who is coming home from college for a month. He is also bringing a friend that she has the biggest crush on. But the problem is, that she can barely talk to a guy, let alone do anything else. She needs someone to practice on and the perfect guy, for no strings attached, just lost of naked time is Ben. Ben and Jess are the only single ones in their friend group ( well Ben has a lot of girlfriends, just not for a long time), but they can't even be considered friends. They constantly argue and pick on each other. She is sure that she can separate the physical and emotional. The more time they spend together, she gets to know a whole other Ben, who is kind of nerdy and doesn't have the best family and starts to fall for him. But her brother's friend is coming and they had a deal... An enemies with

Brooks was a very young dad and has worked very hard since then to prove himself. He finished school and build one of the most successful gyms in Manhattan. No way is he changing his rules for a flashy newcomer. Izzy is a fitness influencer, in New York to promote her new book. And he is one of her stops. Only he doesn't like her from the very start. It starts as hate but slowly sparks fly and it grows into something more. I liked the story and wanted to love the story, but I found the FMC very unlikeable. I couldn't get into the book or find something to really pull me in. rating❤❤❤ cover ❤❤❤ Goodreads || Amazon happy reading, anie

synopsis A Hotshot Manhattan Attorney. Drew Harrington knows exactly who he is—a legal shark with a love ‘em and leave ‘em attitude that works just fine in his cutthroat world. He’s on the cusp of being named a partner in his firm, but only if he can prove to his colleagues that he has a more human side. A Sweetheart of a British Patisserie Chef. Becky Fletcher is running from her past, so the last thing she’s looking for is love. What she does want is a friendly face in a cold city. Her sunny outlook is perfect opposite to Drew’s hard exterior, but can she afford to let down her guard? One fateful meeting at a bagel cart. They sound like a match made in heaven—or is it a car crash? series The Brits in Manhattan #1 genre romance, enemies to lovers, contemporary, adult published August 21, 2023, by Boldwood Books number of pages 269 about the author Laura writes romance and women’s fiction with a romantic slant. Exploring everyday relationships and getting under the skin of her characte

Molly's life has taken a turn for the worse. Still mourning the loss of her parents in a short time, she is looking forward to visiting her sister in Iceland. She looks forward to being with her boyfriend, but he is being very distant. When he misses his flight, it makes her rethink it all. Away from normal life. lonely but still surrounded by family, she embarks on a tourney to rediscover who she is and find love amongst it. I like the storyline, but had trouble staying focused on it. rating ★★★ cover ★★ ★ genre romance,  contemporary, adult, NetGalley published August 23, 2023 number of pages 319 Goodreads || Amazon happy reading, anie

Grayson and Hazel were born minutes apart. Everyone always said that they were soulmates, made for each other.  Instead, they grew up to be arch-rivals. They got together in senior year, but after a bad breakup, they were bigger enemies than before. He was eager to leave the small town for a big city and prove himself to his father. She builds a real estate empire back at home.  After his grandma died and left him the house, he is back in town. But only for a little while. The rivalry picks back up where it was left up but with extra tension between them. Soon the sparks become undeniable, but with such different lives, how could they build a life together. It's so good! Extra spicy, full of LOL moments and the chemistry between them is off the charts. Their banter makes the story really shine. Highly recommend it! rating ★★★ ★ cover ★★ ★ series Bayshore #1 genre romance, enemies to lovers, contemporary, adult, spicy published July 23, 2019 number of pages 256 Goodreads || Amazon

Rebecca wants to be a singer. She signed up for a reality singing show and got in. It's her chance to make it. One problem was that she didn't see that for the audition you have to play an instrument. She doesn't play anything, so she has two months to learn. Ian is the new uptight coworker. He is in town for weeks and is currently on a break with his girlfriend. Desperate to win her back, they strike a deal. He teaches her how to play the guitar, and she teaches him how to loosen up and have fun. They just shouldn't fall in love in the process. :) It's a cute and fun story, but also insanely romantic. :) rating ★★★ ★ cover ★★ ★ ★ genre romance, contemporary, adult, NetGalley published April 11, 2023 number of pages 278 Goodreads || Amazon happy reading, anie got it on Netgalley

Coco is a figure skater. She is working at the ring to finance her training for the next Olympics. One day, the father of one of the kids she is teaching doesn't show up. When she figures out that he is in the same building, she goes looking for him and ends up in a hospital with a puck in her head. Turn out that the father is famous hockey player Logan Rivers. They have insane chemistry between them. She is trying very hard not to fall for him, but Logan has no such troubles. :) It's funny, it's romantic and full of swoon-worthy moments, but for me, there was something missing. rating ★★★ cover ★★ ★ ★ ★ series St. Pete Slashers #1 genre romance, sports romance, contemporary, adult, NetGalley published June 17, 2023 number of pages 224 Goodreads || Amazon happy reading, anie got it on Netgalley

Margaret is a fashion designer, living in a big city. 20 years later she returns to the small town she and her mother escaped so long ago to settle her late aunt's estate. There is a problem, though. The way her aunt it all up, she has to marry her childhood sweetheart, or everything goes to their awful cousin. It's sweet, it's unique and so fun to read. A  lovely polyamorous love story with a marriage of convenience, a one-bed trope and full of small-town vibes.  Highly recommend it! rating ★★★ ★ ★ cover ★★ ★ ★ genre romance, contemporary, adult published July 25, 2023 number of pages 213 Goodreads || Amazon happy reading, anie got the ARc, all thoughts are my own

I've been obsessed with this series! I was actually looking forward to Summer's story and how on Earth would she ever get over the past. I didn't like that much in previous books, but within a few pages, I felt for her. She is such a sweet, with a hard exterior.  Summer's life exploded when she was caught cheating with one of her best friend's boyfriends. Her private life was all out for everyone to see and she lost everyone. Even though the friend she wronged forgave her, most of the others didn't.  Even her twin needed some time. Now her twin, Winter is getting married and Summer is very nervous to attend the wedding. The people she avoided, that look down on her, will all be there. But there is someone there to make it all better. Archie Hill was on the last adventure with the bride and the groom, he is their friend and a horrible flirt but might be just what she needs. They make a deal. During the week of the wedding, they have fun, no obligation, no string

Jeanie's aunt gifts her a popular cafe in a small town. She is happy for a new start, far away from her city life and boring job. Logan works on a family farm and tries to avoid the town if he can. He lived with his grandparents since he was little and the townspeople look out for him, very closely. :)  A cute grump/sunshine romance, full of small-town vibes with a little dash of mystery and a whole lot of cute moments. rating ★★★ cover ★★ ★ ★ ★ genre romance, grump/sunshine, contemporary, adult published August 30, 2023 number of pages 384 Goodreads || Amazon happy reading, anie

Jennifer lives in London. She has a flat, a good job as an assistant and a boyfriend, who is also her boss. He is separated from his wife, so they keep their relationship on the down low. She is hopeful that one day she can have a normal relationship. That all changes the day she gets a call from his supposedly separated wife, to remind him of their twin scans at the doctor. On the way out she shatters her knee. Her good life is destroyed in a day. She is single, with a new knee, and jobless. She is desperate for a new start, so she decides to move back to the small town in Scotland, where she grew up, for a little while at least. She moves in with her dad, but they never had been that close. She finds new and old friends and reconnects with them. There more she spends with them the more she falls for Rory, but she doesn't think she can stay there forever. The story is character-driven, and the MC has a wonderful story arc, from the other woman in the city to fall, very reluctantl

Nicky is an interior designer. After her husband dies, she raised her two daughters alone. Now that they are both grown up, she is a bit lost. Then her friend asks her for help. Her TV renovation house is in trouble and Nicky might be able to help. Only, she has to fly to Provence, the next day. It's a lovely story, of love, of finding happiness with lots of French vibes. rating ★★★ ★ cover ★★ ★ ★ ★ genre contemporary, romance, adult published July 11, 2023 number of pages 318 Goodreads || Amazon happy reading, anie got it on Netgalley, all thoughts are my own